Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 11, 2009 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 on Friday, December 11, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Blackhawks outshot the Sabres 40–33.
Goals came from Thomas Vanek, Clarke MacArthur and Patrick Sharp.
Patrick Lalime made 39 saves on 40 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 31 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Thomas Vanek (1)Tyler Myers (1), Tim Connolly (1)0–103:42 BUF ·
Clarke MacArthur (1)Tim Kennedy (1)0–218:39 BUF
3rd period
Patrick Sharp (1)Patrick Kane (1), Niklas Hjalmarsson (1)1–200:30 CHI
Team stats
CHIBUF
4033
48%52%
0/31/5
128
1517
1111
1211
35
Penalties
- 1:36 into the first period
Drew Stafford · hooking2 min
- 5:02 into the first period
Ben Eager · roughing2 min
- 5:02 into the first period
Patrick Kaleta · roughing2 min
- 5:32 into the first period
Henrik Tallinder · tripping2 min
- 14:28 into the first period
Dustin Byfuglien · high sticking2 min
- 2:15 into the second period
Patrick Sharp · holding2 min
- 10:40 into the second period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:36 into the third period
Derek Roy · hooking2 min
- 11:32 into the third period
Dustin Byfuglien · high sticking2 min
- 18:27 into the third period
Duncan Keith · hooking2 min
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Patrick SharpR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:00 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 23:04 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 19:58 |
| 22Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:05 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 46Colin FraserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:12 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:09 |
| 81Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 82Tomas KopeckyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:55 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 24:44 |
| 5Brent SopelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:11 |
| 25Cam BarkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | L | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:32 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:23 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:40 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:55 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:30 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:54 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:47 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 14:40 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:15 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:03 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 40 | 1 | .975 |